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Sothebys: Catalogue of the Valuable Library of Ancient and Modern Printed Books and Illuminated and other Manuscripts. Sold by Auction by Messrs. Sotheby Wilkinson & Hodge at their House, No. 13, Wellington Street, Strand, W.C. on Monday, 13th Dec. 1909., 13Dec1909,

Auction Details

Auction Date
December 13, 1909 - December 13, 1909
Page Size: 1019 items in 11 pages
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
501 Grolier Club. Conway (Moncure D.) Barons of the Potomack and the Rappahannock

ib. 1892

 USD - 2.00
502 Grolier Club. Catalogue of Original and Early Editions of some of the Poetical and Prose Works of English Writers from Langland to Wither, with collations and notes

ib. 1893

 USD - 3.70
503 Grolier Club. Facsimile of the Laws and Acts of the General Assembly for their Majesties Province of New-York, etc

ib. 1894

 USD - 2.70
504 Grolier Club. Allen (C. Dexter) Classified List of Early American Book-Plates, with a brief description of the Various Styles, etc

ib. 1894

 USD - 1.50
505 GROLIER CLUB. Transactions of the Grolier Club of the City of New York New York

ib. 1894

 USD - 1.00
506 Grolier Club. Transactions of the Grolier Club of the City of New York

ib. 1899

 USD - 1.00
507 Grolier Club. Catalogue of Books from the Libraries or Collections of Celebrated Bibliophiles and Illustrious Persons of the Past, with Arms or Devices on the Bindings, Exhibited at the Grolier Club in January, 1895

ib. 1895

 USD - 1.30
508 Grolier Club. Catalogue of the Engraved Works of Asher B. Durand, exhibited at the Grolier Club

ib. 1895

 USD - Unknown
509 Grolier Club. A Description of the Early Printed Books owned by the Grolier Club, with a brief account of their Printers and the History of Typography in the Fifteenth Century

ib. 1895

 USD - 1.35
510 Grolier Club. Catalogue of an Exhibition illustrative of a Centenary of Artistic Lithography, 1796-1896

ib. 1896

 USD - 1.00
511 Koehler (S. R.) Grolier Club. A Chronological Catalogue of the Engravings, Dry-Points and Etchings of Albert Durer, as exhibited at the Grolier Club

ib. 1897

 USD - 3.60
512 C. Eliot Norton Grolier Club. Two Note Books of Thomas Carlyle, 23 March, 1822, 16 May, 1832

ib. 1898

 USD - 1.30
513 Hoym (Chas. Henry Count) GROLIER CLUB. Life (1694-1736) written by Baron Jerome Pichon, with Sketch of Pichon's Life New York

ib. 1899

 USD - 2.40
514 Dante Grolier Club. A Translation of Giovanni Boccaccio's Life of Dante, with an Introduction and a Note on the Portraits of Dante by G. R. Carpenter

ib. 1900

 USD - 2.10
515 Dryden Grolier Club. Catalogue of an Exhibition of First and other Editions of the Works of John Dryden, 1631-1700, etc

ib. 1900

 USD - 3.15
516 Grolier Club. Catalogue of Etchings and Dry-Points by Rembrandt, selected for Exhibition at the Grolier Club of New York, April-May, 1900

ib. 1900

 USD - 1.25
517 Grolier Club. De Vinne (Theodore Low) Title-Pages as seen by a Printer; with numerous illustrations in facsimile and some observations on the early and recent printing of Books

ib. 1901

 USD - 1.25
518 Grolier Club. The History of Helyas Knight of the Swan, translated by R. Copland; a literal reprint in the types of Wynkyn de Word after the unique copy printed 1512

ib. 1901

 USD - 1.70
519 Grolier Club. Catalogue of an Exhibition of Selected Works of the Poets Laureate of England

ib. 1901

 USD - Unknown
520 Grolier Club. One hundred Books famous in English Literature, with Facsimiles of the Title-pages and an Introduction by George E. Woodberry

ib. 1902

 USD - 3.00
521 Kent (H. W.) Grolier Club. Bibliographical Notes on One Hundred Books famous in English Literature

ib. 1903

 USD - 2.00
522 Hart (Chas. H.) Grolier Club. Catalogue of the Engraved Portraits of Washington

ib. 1904

 USD - 3.00
523 Halsey (R. T. H.) Grolier Club. The Boston Port Bill as pictured by a Contemporary London Cartoonist

ib. 1904

 USD - 1.35
524 Grolier Club. Catalogues of various Exhibitions, held at the Grolier Club of New York, 1891-1908

USD - 2.70
525 Grolier Club. Lists, Papers, Prospectuses, Menus, Advertisements, Tickets, etc

USD - 1.80
526 Guarinus (Baptista) De Mo. & Ordine docendi ac discendi

1489

 USD - 3.00
527 Guigard (Jo.) Armorial du Bibliophile Paris

1870-3

 USD - Unknown
528 Guild (Reuben A.) The Librarian's Manual: a Treatise on Bibliography, with a select List of Bibliographical Works, etc New York

1858

 USD - Unknown
529 Guillermus Alvernus; Archiep. Paris. Postilla Guillermi super Epistolas et Evangelia de tempore et de Sanctis (per totius anni Circulum) et pro Defunctis Basiliae

circa 1500

 USD - 10.75
530 GUILLEVILLE (GUILLAUME DE) LES TROIS PELERINAGES; de la Vie humaine, de l'ame, et de Jesus Christ...

USD - 470.00
531 Gutenberg. An Original Leaf from the Catholicon of Balbus of Genoa printed by Gutenberg at Mayence in 1460

USD - 10.25
532 Gutenberg (John) First Master Printer, His Acts and most remarkable discourses and his Death, from the German by C. W. (Caroline Wintour)

USD - Unknown
533 Gutenberg (John) The Signature of Gutenberg by P. De Villiers

1838

 USD - Unknown
534 Gyllius (P.) de Constantinopoleos Topographia lib Lugd.

1632

 USD - Unknown
535 Habershon (M.) Ancient Half-Timbered Houses of England, 36 fine lithographs, etc

1836

 USD - Unknown
536 Haeftenus (D. Bened.) Regia Via Crucis Antwerpiae,

1635

 USD - 1.40
537 HAIN (LUDWIG) REPERTORIUM BIBLIOGRAPHICUM Stuttg.

1826-38

 USD - 7.00
538 Copinger (W. A.) Hain-Copinger. Supplement to Hain's Repertorium Bibliographica

1895-1902

 USD - 5.75
539 Haines (Rev. Herbert) Manual of Monumental Brasses

1861

 USD - 1.80
540 Halfpenny (Jos.) Gothic Ornaments in the Cathedral Church of York York

1795

 USD - Unknown
541 Hall (Bp. Jos.) Satires and other Poems [edited by Peter Hall]

1838

 USD - Unknown
542 Hamilton (Count A.) Memoirs of Count Grammont, new edition, with biographical sketch, etc

1811

 USD - 5.00
543 Hamilton Palace Libraries

USD - Unknown
544 Harding (John) Chronicle of England from the fyrst begynnyng of Englande unto the Reign of Kyng Edward the Fourth (verse portion only)

1543

 USD - 1.30
545 Harding (J. D.) Lessons on Art

n. d. (1850)

 USD - Unknown
546 Hardouin de Perefixe. Histoire du Roy Henry le Grand Amst.

1678

 USD - 2.80
547 Harper (H. H.) Book-Lovers, Bibliomaniacs and Book Clubs Boston

1904

 USD - Unknown
548 Harrisse (H.) Notes pour servir a l'Histoire, a la Bibliographie et a la Cartographie de la Nouvelle-France, etc Paris

1872

 USD - 1.30
549 Hartshorne (Rev. C. H.) Book Rarities in the University of Cambridge

1829

 USD - Unknown
550 Hatfield (R. G.) Theory of Transverse Strains and its Application in the Construction of Buildings New York

1877

 USD - Unknown
551 Havard (H.) The Heart of Holland, translated by Mrs. Cashel Hoey..

USD - Unknown
552 Hawkins (Rush C.) Titles of the First Books from the Earliest Presses established in Europe before the end of the Fifteenth Century, with brief notes New York

1884

 USD - 1.45
553 Hawkins (Rush C.) Titles of the First Books from the Earliest Presses established in different Cities, Towns and Monasteries of Europe before the end of the XVth Century, with brief notes on their Printers New York and London

1884

 USD - 1.50
554 Hazlitt (W. C.) Hand-Book to the Popular Poetical and Dramatic Literature of Great Britain, from the Invention of Printing to the Restoration

1867

 USD - Unknown
555 Hazlitt (W. C.) Bibliographical Collections and Notes on Early English Literature

1876-1882-87

 USD - 1.25
556 Heart of Man (The) either a Temple of God or a Habitation of Satan Harrisburg

1851

 USD - Unknown
557 Heineken (Baron C. H. de) Idee Generale d'une Collection complette d'Estampes, avec une Dissertation sur l'Origine de la Gravure & sur les Premiers Livres d'Images a Leipsic et Vienne

1771

 USD - Unknown
558 Heinsius (Dan.) Nederduytsche Poemata by een vergadert en uytgegeven door P. S. (P. Schriverius); Emblemata, Hymnus oft Lof-Sanck van Bacchus, etc Amst.

1616

 USD - 2.90
559 Heller (Joseph) Geschichte der Holzschneidekunst von den altesten bis auf die neuesten Zeiten, etc. [with an Account of Playing Cards, a Catalogue of Xylographic Productions and a List of Engravers' Marks, etc.] Bamberg

1823

 USD - Unknown
560 Hesius (Guil. S. J.) Emblemata Sacra de Fide, Spe, Charitate Antwerpiae

1636

 USD - Unknown
561 Hessels (J. H.) Gutenberg: Was he the Inventor of Printing

USD - 1.00
562 Heywood (Thos.) Gynaikeion; or Nine Bookes of Various History concerning Women, inscribed by ye names of ye Nine Muses

1624

 USD - 1.70
563 Heywood (Thos.) The Hierarchie of the Blessed Angels; their Names, Orders and Offices; the Fall of Lucifer with his Angels, etc A. Islip

USD - 2.70
564 Hibbert (George) Sale Catalogue of his interesting and extensive Library sold by Mr. Evans, 42 days' sale, March and May, 1829

1829

 USD - Unknown
565 HIERONYMUS (S.) EPISTOLAE (EX RECENSIONE JOAN. ANDREAE EPISC. ALERIENSIS)

1476; 1479

 USD - 19.75
566 Hilscherus (P. C.) De Reliquiis Adami Protoplasti; Acced. De Bibliotheca Adami Schediasma Dresd.

1711

 USD - Unknown
567 Hinton (J. Howard) History and Topography of the United States of North America, with Additions by S. L. Knapp, and a Continuation to the present time by J. O. Choules Boston (Mass.)

1853

 USD - Unknown
568 Hoe (Rich. M.) The Literature of Printing: a Catalogue of the Library Illustrative of the History and Art of Typography, Chalcography and Lithography

1877

 USD - Unknown
569 Hoe Library. One Hundred and Seventy-Six Historic and Artistic Book-Bindings dating from the fifteenth century to the Present Time New York

1895

 USD - 14.00
570 Holbein (Hans) Icones Veteris Testamenti; Illustrations of the Old Testament engraved on Wood (edited by T. F. Dibdin)

USD - Unknown
571 W. Kennet Holbein. Praise of Folly, made English from the Latin of Erasmus

1740

 USD - Unknown
572 Holland (John) Cruciana. Illustrations of the most Striking Aspects under which the Cross of Christ and Symbols derived from it, have been contemplated by Piety, Superstition, Imagination and Taste Liverpool

1835

 USD - Unknown
573 Holtzwart (Mathias) Emblematum Tyrocinia; sive Picta Poesis Latinogermanica, das ist eingeblumete zier werck oder Gemalpoesy, etc Straszburg,

1581

 USD - 2.60
574 Homer. Iliad and Odyssey, translated by A. Pope; Virgil, translated by Dryden

1802-3

 USD - 1.30
575 HONORIUS AUGUSTODUNENSIS. Cristianus ad Solitarium quendam de Ymagine Mundi Honorio, Argent.

1472

 USD - 14.50
576 Hoogstraeten (Fr. van) Het Voorhof der Ziele behangen met leerzaeme Prenten en Zinnebeelden Rotterdam

1668

 USD - 1.40
577 Hope (Thos.) Historical Essay on Architecture

1835

 USD - Unknown
578 HORAE BEATAE VIRGINIS MARIAE, CUM CALENDARIO DUTCH LATE XIVTH CENTURY

USD - 30.00
579 HORAE B. V. M. cum Calendario FRENCH XVTH CENTURY

USD - 50.00
580 HORAE B. V. M. cum Calendario FRENCH XVTH CENTURY

USD - 34.00
581 HORAE B. V. M. sine Calendario FRENCH LATE XVTH CENTURY

USD - 38.00
582 HORAE B. V. M. cum Calendario FRANCO-FLEMISH XVTH CENTURY

USD - 21.00
583 HORAE B. V. M. CUM CALENDARIO. PARIS, C. 1534 HORE IN LAUDEM GLORIOSISSIME VIRGINIS MARIE SECUDUM USUM ROMANU; totaliter ad longusine require; cum multis Suffragiis & Orationibus de novo additio .. noviter impresse Parisius per Germanu hardouyn bibliopole jurati, etc Almanack

[1534-1532]

 USD - 7.25
584 HORAE B. V. M. cum Calendario. PARIS, 1502 HORE INTEMERATE BEATE MARIE VIRGINIS SECUNDUM USUM ROMANUM [at end] Paris

1502

 USD - 32.00
585 HORAE B. V. M. AD USUM ROMANUM, cum Calendario. PARIS, 1502 HORE INTEMERATE VIRGINIS MARIE SECUNDU USUM ROMANUM cum pluribus oratioibus tam in Gallico q. in latino.

-1502

 USD - 45.00
586 HORAE B. V. M. AD USUM ROMANUM, cum Calendario Hore dive Virginis Marie scdm. verum usum Romanum cum aliis multis folio sequenti notatis characteribus diligentius impressae per Thielmannu Kerver. PARIS

1504

 USD - 10.00
587 HORAE B. V. M. CUM CALENDARIO Latin-French. HORE CHRISTIFERE VIRGINIS MARIE SECUDUM USUM ROMANU ad longu absq aliquo recursu cu illius Miraculis & figuris apocalypsis et biblianis una cu triuphis Cesaris. Paris/Almanack

1508-28

 USD - 55.00
588 HORAE B. V. M. AD USUM ROMANUM, cum Calendario A la louenge de Dieu et de la tressaincte & glorieuse Vierge Marie; & a ledification de tous bos Catholiques, onte este commencees ces presentes heures a lusaige de Romme tout au long sans rien requerir, etc Paris/Almanack

1513-29

 USD - 25.00
589 HORAE B. V. M. CUM CALENDARIO HEURES A LUSAIGE DE ROMME. Ces presentes heures sont a lusaige de Romme, tout au long sans riens requerir; ont este imprimees nouvellement a Paris. Pour Germain Hardouyn demourant a Paris entre les deux portes du Palais Paris/Almanack

1524-37

 USD - 35.00
590 HORAE B. V. M. CUM CALENDARIO Hore dive Virginis Marie secudum usu Romanum, .. Paris/Almanack

1526-41

 USD - 7.00
591 HORAE B. V. M. CUM CALENDARIO HEURES A LUSAIGE DE. Tou (TOUL), tout au long sans rien requerir avec plusieurs suffraiges et oraisons; nouvellement imprimees a Paris Paris/Almanack

1515-30

 USD - 34.00
592 HORAE B. V. M. AD USUM ORD. PREMONSTRATENSIS cum Calendario Hore Virginis Marie secundum usu ordinis premostratensis parisius impresse fuerut expensis simonis vostre . . annoquigetesimo VI die vero XXVI Martii Paris/Almanack

1507-27/1506

 USD - 24.00
593 Mlle. A. Guilbert Horae. Livre d'Heures ou Offices de l'Eglise illustrees apres les Manuscrits de la Bibliotheque du Roi par Mlle. A. Guilbert Paris

1843

 USD - Unknown
594 Horatius. Quintus Horatius Flaccus

1826

 USD - 1.95
595 Horozco y Covaruvias (D. Juan) Emblemas Morales en Segovia

1591

 USD - Unknown
596 Hoyerus (F. Mich.) Flammulae Amoris S. P. Augustini Versibus et Ioonibus exornatae Antwerpiae,

1629

 USD - Unknown
596 SHAKESPEARE (WM.). WORKS, edited by Howard Staunton, .. Routledge

1881

 USD - 11.00
597 Hospitalius (Michael, Galliarum Cancellarius) Epistolarum seu Sermonum libri sex (edid. a Guido Fabro, J. A. Thuano et Scaev. Sammartano) Lutetiae

1585

 USD - 1.95
598 Howell (Jas.) The Parly of Beasts, or Morphandra Queen of the Inchanted Iland

1660

 USD - 2.20
599 Hucher (E.) Vitraux Peints de la Cathedrale du Mans Paris & Le Mans

1865

 USD - 2.50
  • ALDE, Apr. 8: GUEVARA (ANTONIO DE). Histoire de Marc-Aurèle, Empereur Romain, vray miroir et horloge des Princes. Paris, Pierre et Galliot du Pré, frères, 1565. €3,000 to €4,000.
    ALDE, Apr. 8: HEURES DE LA VIERGE. Horæ in laudem beatissimæ virginis Mariæ ad usum Romanum. Paris, Charles L'Angelier, 1556. €4,000 to €5,000.
    ALDE, Apr. 8: MONTAIGNE (MICHEL DE). Les Essais. Édition nouvelle, trouvée après le deceds de l'autheur… Paris, Abel L'Angelier, 1595. €6,000 to €8,000.
    ALDE, Apr. 8: [ROJAS (FERNANDO DE)]. Celestina, tragicomedia di Calisto et Melibea, tradotta de lingua castigliana in italiano idioma… Venise, 1531. €2,000 to €3,000.
    ALDE, Apr. 8: CAMÕES (LUÍS DE). Os Lusiadas. Lisbonne, Pedro Crasbeeck, 1613. €2,000 to €3,000.
    ALDE, Apr. 8: CERVANTES (MIGUEL DE). El Ingenioso hidalgo Don Quixote de la Mancha. Bruxelles, Roger Velpius & Huberto Antonio, 1611. €6,000 to €8,000.
    ALDE, Apr. 8: LA FONTAINE (JEAN DE). Fables choisies, mises en vers. Paris, Denys Thierry et Claude Barbin, 1678-1694. €6,000 to €8,000.
    ALDE, Apr. 8: CERVANTES (MIGUEL DE). El Ingenioso hidalgo Don Quixote de la Mancha. Madrid, Joaquin Ibarra, 1780. €3,000 to €4,000.
    ALDE, Apr. 8: DIDEROT (DENIS) ET JEAN LE ROND D'ALEMBERT. Encyclopédie, ou dictionnaire raisonné des sciences, des arts et des métiers. Paris, 1751-1765. €15,000 to €20,000.
    ALDE, Apr. 8: [LIVRE TISSÉ]. LAMARTINE (Alphonse de). Les Laboureurs. Poème tiré de Jocelyn… Lyon, J. A. Henry, 1883. €8,000 to €10,000.
    ALDE, Apr. 8: [LIVRE TISSÉ]. Livre de prières tissé d'après les enluminures des manuscrits du XIVe au XVIe siècle. Lyon, [A. Roux], 1886. €5,000 to €6,000.
  • Sotheby’s
    Books, Manuscripts & Objects from Three Important Collections
    Open for Bidding 2-17 April
    Sotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: [Guillaume de Lorris and Jean de Meun]. Le Roman de la Rose, [Geneva or Lyons, c.1481], first printed edition of the most important medieval French vernacular poem. £200,000 to £300,000.
    Sotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: Castiglione. Il libro del cortegiano. [Venice], April 1528, first edition, in a magnificent binding by Jean Picard for Jean Grolier. £100,000 to £150,000.
    Sotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: Jacobus de Cessolis. Schachzabelbuch, Strasbourg, 1483, von der Lasa copy. £50,000 to £70,000.
    Sotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: World Championship, 1972. A collection of 84 press photographs of the famed match between Spassky and Fischer. £2,000 to £3,000.
    Sotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: Ben Franklin. Autograph letter signed, to Lord Shelburne, British Prime Minister, during peace negotiations, November 1782. £15,000 to £20,000.